Girls' Town (1942)
A West Coast version of "Stage Door", set at a Hollywood boarding house for young women hoping for movie careers.
Top billed cast
Edith FellowsSue Norman
June StoreyMyra Norman
Kenneth HowellKenny Lane
Anna Q. NilssonMother Lorraine
Alice WhiteNicky
Warren HymerJoe Barker
Vince BarnettDimitri
Paul DubovLionel Fontaine
Peggy RyanPenny
Helene StanleySally Barker
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